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Millicent Shelton Biography

Birth Name:Millicent B. Shelton

Birth Place:St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Profession Director, Writer, Costume department, Camera department

Fast Facts

Won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series for "The Bernie Mac Show․"
An alumna of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts
Graduated from Princeton University in 1988
Began her career in 1988 as a production assistant in the wardrobe department for director Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" (1989), then moved on to P․A․ on "The Cosby Show" before enrolling in NYU's film program and assisting on music videos, leading to her directorial debut on Salt-N-Pepa's "Expression" music video (1991)
Quote: "The dance between a director and a writer and an actor is an amazing dance․ You can create great stuff but I think the best stuff comes out of a mutual level of respect and that’s something you have to earn․"
Director whose work includes TV's "Hit the Floor," "The Fosters," "Dallas," "Parenthood," "Go On," "Awkward․" and many other shows
Has also directed music videos for music artists, like Salt-N-Pepa, Heavy D․ & the Boyz, Mary J․ Blige, Aaliya and several others

2006Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series: winner
2007Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series: nominated
2008Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series: nominated
2009Gold Derby TV Award-Comedy Episode of the Year: nominated
2009INOCA TV-Best Episode of a Comedy Series: nominated
2009Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series: nominated
2011Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series: winner
2013Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series: nominated
2014Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series: winner
2014Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series: nominated
2015Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series: nominated
2016Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series: nominated
2016WIN Award-Outstanding Show Directed By a Woman: nominated
2017Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series: nominated
2019Black Reel-Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series: nominated
2020Black Reel-Outstanding Directing, Drama Series: nominated
2024DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series: nominated
2024Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: nominated